Analyse the clip from Ashes to Ashes explaining how miss en scene, camerawork, editing and sound have constructed the representation of gender.
I can see that this clip is showing how woman were represented/treated in the workplace and how they where not respected at all.
I noticed that most of the male characters seem to be very stubborn. I also noticed that the male characters seem to be slightly competitive when working together (they always try to do a better job than each other).
The male character always seem to be verbally abusing the female characters. The insulting words that the male's use, clearly express their thoughts towards women in the workplace and outside of the workplace.
A key point in the clip is that the women are shown as mentally strong, which is seen when they deal with
all of the insults and sexism that most of the male characters direct towards them.
The women do seem to overcome this bullying by using their more sophisticated vocabulary to out smart
male characters.
The camera also shows emotions of different characters, for example, each time a female was insulted, the camera would zoom up to their face to show their emotion.
It is clear that the male characters are more dominant due to visual hierarchy. This dominance tells the viewer
that the male is of more importance.
This is different for the females, because they get less screen time than males. This shows that the male characters are shown as important because they get more screen time.
Finally, the sound is also used to show dominance. This is shown when the male characters speak loud, when the women speak quieter. The mens loud voices maybe imply that they know their dominance and feel like shouting it out.
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